Bible verses about Rocks
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Often composed of Flint Deuteronomy 8:15; 32:13 DESCRIBED AS Hard Jeremiah 5:3 Durable Job 19:24 Barren Ezekiel 26:4,14; Amos 6:12; Luke 8:6 Often sharp-pointed and craggy I Samuel 14:4 Often had holes and clefts Exodus 33:22 Were a defence to a country Isaiah 33:16 Dreaded by mariners Acts 27:20 INHABITED BY Wild goats Job 39:1 Conies Psalms 104:18; Proverbs 30:26 Doves Solomon 2:14; Jeremiah 48:28 Eagles Job 39:28; Jeremiah 49:16 The olive tree flourished amongst Deuteronomy 32:13; Job 29:6 Bees often made their honey amongst Deuteronomy 32:13; Psalms 81:16 USED AS Altars Judges 6:20,21,26; 13:19 Places for idolatrous worship Isaiah 57:5 Places of Observation Exodus 33:21; Numbers 23:9 Places of safety in danger I Samuel 13:6; Isaiah 2:19; Jeremiah 16:16; Revelation 6:15 Places for shelter by the poor in their distress Job 24:8; 30:3,6 The shadow of, grateful to travellers during the heat of the day Isaiah 32:2 Houses often built on Matthew 7:24,25 Tombs often hewn out of Isaiah 22:16; Matthew 27:60 Important events often engraved upon Job 19:24 MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE Adullam I Chronicles 11:15 Bozez I Samuel 14:4 Engedi I Samuel 24:1,2 Etam Judges 15:8 Horeb in Rephidim Exodus 17:1-6 Meribah in Kadesh Numbers 20:1-11 Oreb Judges 7:25; Isaiah 10:26 Rimmon Judges 20:45 Seneh I Samuel 14:4 Selahammahlekoth in the wilderness of Maon I Samuel 23:25,28 Selah in the valley of salt II Kings 14:7; II Chronicles 25:11,12 Man's industry in cutting through Job 28:9,10 Hammers used for breaking Jeremiah 23:29 Casting down from, a punishment II Chronicles 25:12 MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH Water brought from Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:11 Fire ascended out of Judges 6:21 Broken in pieces by the wind I Kings 19:11 Rent at the death of Christ Matthew 27:51 God's power exhibited in removing Job 14:18; Nahum 1:6 ILLUSTRATIVE OF God as creator of his people Deuteronomy 32:18 God as the strength of his people Psalms 18:1,2; 67:2; Isaiah 17:10 God as defence of his people Psalms 31:2,3 God as refuge of his people Psalms 94:22 God as salvation of his people Deuteronomy 32:15; Psalms 89:26; 95:1 Christ as refuge of his people Isaiah 32:2 Christ as foundation of his church Matthew 16:18; I Peter 2:6 Christ as source of spiritual gifts I Corinthians 10:4 Christ as a stumbling stone to the wicked Isaiah 8:14; Romans 9:33; I Peter 2:8 A place of safety Psalms 27:5; 40:2 Whatever we trust in Deuteronomy 32:31,37 The ancestor of a nation Isaiah 51:1